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Kingfisher - in the Library

Kingfisher class had a fantastic time today reading in our new library

Year 1 Protest - Speak Up

Year 1's were inspired by reading the book 'Speak Up' by Nathan Bryon to go on a protest. We went on a protest to convince Mr Logan why we should have a library in our school. We thought of lots of reasons why having a library at our school will benefit us. We enjoyed making placards as...

Duckling Class - Our first trip!

...ckling Class visited Homerton Library! We enjoyed looking through different books from fiction to Non-fiction, and we enjoyed reading them to each other. We were lucky enough to be able to take books back to school! We are so excited that we get to visit the Library every week!...

Duckling Class - Library Visit

...as Group 2s first week at the Library. We enjoyed our walk to Homerton Library, we listened carefully to the Library rules and then we explored the children's section. We founds lots of books that we would like to read and we were able to bring some of them back to school!...

Duckling Class - Library

We enjoyed our last weekly visit until after Christmas to the library. We loved looking at the different books and enjoyed listening to a story

Year 5 - Sacred text workshop at the British Library

...n sacred texts at the British Library. Furthermore, they got to witness various holy books, unique clothing, and objects associated with a certain faith....

Year 6 Hawk Class - Into University Experience

Monday During Our Into University Experience, On Monday, we did the carousel activity learning bout psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. Tuesday On Tuesday we did self portraits or our fellow peers. . In the afternoon, we carried out research, created fact files and biography and...

Reception - Library Trip

...24 Reception visited Homerton Library. We really enjoyed looking at all of the books and we are excited to use our new Library cards. We also enjoyed listening to a story read by the librarian....

Reception - Let's get started Autumn 2!

... We visited the new Daubeney Library, and we loved it! We have been taking part in great learning and having lots of fun at the same time as you can see!...

Year 6 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

We have spent a week with IntoUni! We learned about inspirational people such as Malala Yousafzai and Martin Luther King Junior. We also visited the Wallace Collection in Central London and Cambridge University! "It was one of the best into uni sessions we had and we had lots of fun with the...

Daubeney Library

Look at our amazing brand new library! We are so excited to have our own library at Daubeney. Each class had the opportunity to go and explore the wide range of books. From fiction and poetry to non-fiction topics such as science, history, geography and RE, there is something for everyone. What did...

Year 5 - We love our new library!

We love our new library and we love spending time exploring the books in here!

Year 2 visit our new school library

We visited our brand new learning resource centre in school and loved the new space! We explored how the books are organised and enjoyed choosing a book to read with our friends!

Rainbow Room - Peers Reading: Library

Children have joined their peers from different classes in the school library to take part in the peer reading by looking at illustrations and words from the books to develop new vocabulary from reading

Year 5 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

Today is Mapping Skills Day! We utilised our wonderful library to immerse ourselves into our topic - learning all about Turkey through maps and atlases. After that, we learnt about thematic maps and what the purpose of them is. In our third lesson, we created our own map of Turkey and included...

Year 4 - Hornbills Library Session

Hornbills had a lovely start to their day today Tuesday 16th September 2025 enjoying reading in our library

Year 4 - Hornbills: Reading

The children in Hornbills are always excited every Tuesday morning when they visit our library. The children are allowed to take books from the library to read in class as part of their independent reading session

Year 6 - Literacy: Speeches

This week, we have been working on writing speeches about things that matter to us - the environment and our library. We performed these speeches in front of our peers today!

History Dress Up Day 2021

It was once said that going into a library and all history unrolled before me. Here at Daubeney, you need only to come in to our website and experience history relived and refreshed through the determined spirits of our pupils, fired by an unquenchable thirst to learn, remember and thrive. "A...

Year 1 Trip to Homerton Library

... 1 went on a trip to Homerton Library. Our literacy focus has been based on a story by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read us some other stories by him. The children really enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for them....

Boys Book Club - 12th March 2019

The boys in the Boys Book Club enjoyed a cosy session today (12th March 2019) reading a range of books from our library. It was very interesting to read in our library because we found some exciting books to read

Reception - Red Class Visit Homerton Library

... an amazing time visiting the Library. We enjoyed walking to the Library. It was great fun walking through all those colourful autumn leaves and we even spotted some pumpkins on the way. When we finally got there, the children sat beautifully listening to a story about a cow that laid an egg. We the...

Reception - Yellow Class Visit the Library

Yellow Class have been on their first trip to the local library. We walked all the way there and the children were so sensible and grown up. Mrs Addai and all the grown ups who accompanied us on the trip were very proud of all the children. The librarian read us a story called 'Handa's...

Year 2 - 2C Trip to the Library

... we got to go to the Homerton Library! We met the librarians who told us all about the Library and what we could do there! Did you know that you can borrow books, read books and even use the computers to find out new things? We also found out that to borrow books and use the computers you need a lib...

History

It was once said that going into a library and all history unrolled before me. Here at Daubeney, you need only to come in to our website and experience history relived and refreshed through the determined spirits of our pupils, fired by an unquenchable thirst to learn, remember and thrive. "A...

Year 2 Reading at Homerton Library

...ch Year 2 reading at Homerton Library!...

Newsletter - 23rd October 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, Half term already and a well deserved holiday for all. It was great to have an ex-pupil in school from 1953 and for him to share his experience with the chil-dren. I would just like to remind all parents that when in school they are role models and as such should be-have in...

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23rd October 2015

Newsletter - 12th February 2016

...them. Year 1 went on a trip to Homerton Library. Their literacy focus has been based on a story by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read them some other stories written by him. The children really enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for the...

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12th February 2016

Newsletter - 16th September 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...

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16th September 2016

Newsletter - 11th November 2016

...en got to dress up! Year 2 went to visit Homerton Library. They listened to some stories and got to relax and enjoy a book! They are looking forward to going back there again! At Daubeney we celebrated Black History Month and many students were enthused enough to carry out their own research. Mr Log...

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11th November 2016

Virtual Library

Here is an amazing virtual library filled with fantastic books that can read at home for free. Browse around and choose any book to read. All you have to do is click on the book cover to open the link. Enjoy!

Summer Reading Challenge

The Hackney Libraries Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading for pleasure over the summer holidays, providing lots of fun as well as preventing the summer reading ‘dip’. Although public library buildings are closed, libraries will continue to...

Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets

🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...